No doubt about it, the legal system is inherently behind the times. Although more law schools are incorporating technology into their curriculum, given the rate technological innovation is increasing, that may not be enough for law students to get ahead in their careers.

This widespread contention is one of the driving forces behind a newly launched legal residency program, a joint venture between four top U.S. law schools—Emory University School of Law, the University of Miami School of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Vanderbilt Law School—and UnitedLex Corp., a provider of legal outsourcing and business services, based in Overland Park, Kansas.

“Providing our resident associates with access to cutting-edge legal technology is definitely one of the main drivers for this program. At its core, our program is about training the resident associates on how to effectively utilize their legal education in combination with our technology in a real world, corporate client driven environment,” Daniel Reed, CEO of UnitedLex told Legaltech News in an interview. “The other critical skills they learn are project management related, and specifically, how to efficiently manage a project against a client budget while being held accountable for the work product.”